Peter Bromley Director Various Songs: Pete Fij & Terry Bickers
Ranna McArdle Producer Various Songs: Pete Fij & Terry Bickers
Demailly Family Key Cast "Themselves"
Peter Bromley Camera
Claude Bromley Camera
Andreas Charalambides Sound
Tarquin Calver Music
Audrey McIlwain Music
Justine Beckett Editor
Alex O'Brien Colourist
Production Production
Lilly Black Post Production Coordinator Charles Hayward Recorded
Project Type: Documentary
Runtime: 50 minutes
Completion Date: January 10, 2020
Production Budget: 40,000 EUR
Country of Origin: France
Country of Filming: France
Language: English, French
Shooting Format: Digital
Aspect Ratio: 16:9
Film Color: Color
The Demailly family have lived in the same area of Paris for over a century. Filmmaker Peter Bromley captures the lives of this working class family at a time of political, social and cultural changes in French society. His film asks what does it mean to be French today?
Peter Bromley originates from World's End, Chelsea, London. Bromley leaves school at 15 to work as a photography and darkroom assistant, and turns photographer 5 years later. Living and working in Paris, Milan and London in the 80's & 90's, he was mostly shooting fashion. In 2000, Bromley starts to include film, video and sound in his work. In 2003, he then sets up 1968 Film Group to bring together photography and film projects. In 2005, Peter Bromley moves away from making fictional short films and starts making feature documentaries.
Screenings / Awards
Amsterdam Lift-Off Film Festival Netherlands October 12, 2019 Official Selection
Deptford X Arts Festival United Kingdom October 30, 2019
Ethnografilm Paris Festival France April 14, 2020 Official Selection
APOX Documentary Film Festival Croatia October 4, 2020 Official Selection
Tokyo International Film Festival Japan September 1, 2021 Award: Best Feature Documentary
New York Tri-State Film Festival United States September 7, 2021 Award: Best Feature Documentary
Munich New Wave Film Festival Germany December 3, 2021 Official Selection
